surviving thru ...... the Green week ...

the week was extremely busy for me than usual as i was wrapping up whatever i can before going back for my reservice tomorrow ... thou only away for a week but somehow what most worrying is my work ... on the other hand .... the most looking forward part is to be able to catch up my with my old friends in camp ! anyway i spend almost half of my day packing up today !

this is the unit logo printed in a polo tee that is provided to us .. guess i will be wearing it for the rest of the ten years ! i belong to 283 spore artillery !! =p

i'm GREEN again ... ^-^

i know i'm into GREEN ... but i'm very sure this is not under my collection lol ... jus the items that are needed in my training ..... gawwwwww...

as i will be going to outfield for training

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my must bring item definitely go to .... the "off" insect spray repellent !!!!!! cuz it efficiently kills all the mosquitoes !! -_-"


ok .. and for those who might want to see how stupid looking i look in my army uniform ...

here you are ... lol


ok fine .

i know i look " uncle " alreday =(

well in fact i was quite paranoid over " fitting into " my uniform haha ( after noticing my ex camp mates getting fatter and fatter in years ! ) .. but after trying on ... phew ..... realize i still manage to maintain in my best shape ! ha .

ok .... got to run ...

guess i will miz u guys .... =(

wonder will there be anyone missing me too ? =P ( * hint hint * )

promise ...

when i'm back ... i will be back with my " all time fav "... new baking creation !

i will be back .. take care guys ...

bye bye..... =D

Duncan's Food Review ( 6 )

i'm back today with my food review again ! ...well basically today was a long and busy day for me manage to haul my ass out of the house at 8 + but ended around 11+ z z Zzz zz zzz..so dead beat .. & the worst part was to touch my first and so call last meal of the day at ikea cafe around 5 pm !!!! after a long session of shopping with my colleagues and client there ... however after opening for months .. this is my very first visit there .... and this is exclusively for those who never been there yet .... ** wink ** =p




interior of the cafe ...





The food ..



( smoked salmon )


( roasted chicken with potato and broccoli )

( swedish meatballs )


( fried fillet curry rice )


THE LOCATION
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Ikea restaurant & cafe @ tampines

THE VIBE
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This place is a 10 X upsized clone of the Ikea at Alexandra. I particularly enjoy the style it represents - it reminds me of my those cafe in Denmark and North Germans ..
Reservation: Tie handkerchief to the chair to reserve the table but no advance booking. Go early on weekends or like me if possible visit in non peak period during weekdays . Parking is free, but remember where you park, the car park is quite huge that you might not remember where you park your car. in fact it look like a mini Sweden, Norway or Denmark, just spend the day there. The aircon is cold enough to remind you of Europe in winter. Enjoy the neat tables and chairs, everything is light coloured and im in love with the large panels of glass reflecting the sunlight from the windows. I wish I could get a hand on the service tray trolleys with wheels to push around the food, it is so happening and new. Many many people, queuing and rushing for food - pointing and grabbing .. lastly prices were affordable and reasonable ...

THE FOOD
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of course the must try item will be the swedish meat balls ! 'm so in love with it !... had their today's special : fried fillet with curry rice ... portion was big and so were the fish , im amazed as it only cost not lower than $4.90 ! but in fact my fav for the day was smoked salmon ! somehow i was so attached to it ! wish i can order more if i can gobble all !!! mention about the coffee did excite me as im a big coffee lover ! it smell good and tasty and its refillable ! hah ! but i didn't manage to try the chicken wings that everyone been raving over it , of cuz they do have a delectable array of cakes and desserts too .


THE SERVICE
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Responsive, if a little sullen. Don't expect too much ... any smiles to come your way and you'll do fine ;)
Have to mention that you're supposed to clean up by yourself afterwards, by bringing the tray to a designated area somewhere near the entrance. I think it's a great move! Kudos to IKEA for successfully getting lazy people to haul their butts out to actually do something useful. =)


THE RATINGS
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bye bye .. i will be back =P


Pic(K) of the day


thought this was interesting ...
reckon ikea has the neatest and most numbers of TROLLEYS!!!! lol

The world's most beautiful beaches

while typhoons , storms are attacking countries like hongkong , philipines , parts of china etc
also , if u guys might be aware of the damaging storms that cause major floods in most parts of taiwan recently .. in general singapore is still considered a very safe place to stay ... all year summer , despite of the weird changing of weathers recently , somehow i still miss the sun so much ... especially if i can imagine myself relaxing and sun bathing on a very very clean and appealing beach .. hence , in today's entry .. i shortlisted a some pics to share here .. =)

here they are ..

of cuz my first choice will be the beach from maldives ..

The Golden Cable Beach, Broome at Sunset!

Coral Island Beach

U.S.A., HAWAII near Waikiki Beach

Beautiful Lucy Vincent Beach at Sundown

Waianapanapa Beach.... said to be the most beautiful black sand beach on Maui

Tagbulo Island Taytay

Burj Al Arab

Hermosa Sunset

Le Meridien Resort, Bora Bora beach


Panama Beach, Florida

Smugglers Cove


Coralview resort


Thailand - Phi Phi

last but not least ...

last pic of another beautiful beach .. make a guess ? where isit?



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LOOK FAMILIAR ?

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it's our very own beach from sentosa .... =p
can it be consider as a beautiful beach ? ( no choice lah haha ) what do u say ??
so which of the above is your fav ?

Tart perfection ...

been pretty occupied with work for the last few days ... well i should say i'm kinda back " on track " now ever since my less productive days .. which mean for the next few months i,m gonna be dammmmmnnnn busy with work .. and talking about busy .. it will be like practically working every min , every hour and everyday ... on and on ( cant even have proper meals on time !! ) gosh .... well sadly to say the possibility of having the best of both world is almost zero .. hence i will treasure whatever it comes but when we gain something we will lose something as well ! NOTHING IS PERFECT ! but still... i hope i can juggle well ... at least spend some quality time with my family and someone i love .. =p and maybe at the end of the year i will be dammn loaded with lotsa shopping sprees! !! or longing to have a long vacation as a reward ? =P of cuz not to mention , no matter how busy i am i will still not leave out my fav baking sessions !!

before i get really busy ...
featuring here today a new creation i did up few days ago

before it gets " stale " haha ..

here we go ...
INGREDIENTS

all purpose flour
caster sugar
eggs
vanilla extracts
milk
custard powder
butter
grapes



To make tart .. firstly , sift flour into a bowl with caster sugar and vanilla extract while beat the eggs with butter in another bowl and mix both ingredients together ..
Once you've made your dough, flatten it into a disk and chill the disk in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes. This step helps the dough to roll out better and keeps it from springing back and more crispy ..

next ... Center the dough in the tart pan, if necessary, trim the excess dough, then pinch the edges of the dough flat with the edge of the tart pan.

as i will be baking this as unfilled crust, use a fork to puncture the doughs in all areas, so it doesn't puff up while cooking.

lightly grease the tart pan before placing the dough ..



preheat the oven to 180 degree to 200 degree and bake for 20 - 25 mins

once baked , leave it to cool for about 10 mins

To make custard filling ,

put 2 teaspoon of custard powder into a bowl with 1 - 2 teaspoon of sugar .. mix smoothly with milk and pour the remaining amount of milk in the pot to bowl in low heat , lastly pour the mix custard into the pot and stir until paste form .



lastly , put the custard filling onto the tart , follow by the grapes on top and sprinkle some icing sugar before serving ...

savory
combination

.... CUSTARD TART WITH GRAPES

gonna be busy for the next few months , hopefully still have the time to bake whenever i can =D

lets keep our finger crxxxx!! =p

Captures of moments .. Erskine road ..

been whipping up dishes and baking up a big big storm in my recent posts , it's really been a while since i did my " captures of moments " entry and for something fresh today i'm back with my photography works of mine again =) ...

as usual ..
cam whoring again ... lol ..

the nite before national day .... hanging out with my frens ...

ok back to today's main content of this post ...

below these pics was capture randomly in a mid rush before i board onto a cab back home ...
( cuzz the rest was waiting impatiently to go back ! sorry guys =p )

anyway ...

displaying my humble works ....

& i also gave a name for every snapshots ..ha

inspiring me .. oooHh.....
flaunt ...

the light ....
signs ..
black ...
time ...

steps ..
dress red ..
callin'
the leading path ...

crossroad ..

after snapping some shots of the landscape around , i thought of maybe including a "model " in the pics . haha .. and both vin and brandon were so sporting ... and there they are ... =P

brandon's leggy ....

vin's leggy ....
both leggy of my "model " hehe..
model without face ? well .. they are definitely gorgeous frens of mine but i thought of doing something different rather than the loads of selfpics again ! =)


Last but not least , for once i'm not working over the holiday !!!!!!!! slept till one in the noon !!
( lazy lazy ) gosh ! however the first thing i woke up was thinking what to bake whenever i have chance ! hence i did up chocolate chip muffins for tea break for my family .... =D

Cheerios ....

it's FRIDAY !!!

WEEKEND COMING !!!!

have fun everyone ! =D